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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Etheostoma rubrum
 
Main Ref. Knight, J.G. and S.T. Ross, 1994
Fish stage adults Mean length 4.70 TL
Sample size 19 Percent empty
Country USA Locality Bayou Pierre, Mississippi, March 1986-August 1987
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Etheostoma rubrum
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.20 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
6.20 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Trichoptera Trichoptera
6.30 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Helichus Helichus, Plecoptera, Empididae
12.70 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Chironomidae Chironomidae
24.80 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Ephemeroptera Ephemeroptera
33.40 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Simuliidae Simuliidae
16.40 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates n.a./others Hydracarina Hydracarina
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